The coat of arms of

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, to the left there is a vertical

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with two crossed

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swords, to the right are three pearl millet heads and underneath is the frontal view of a

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head. Under the coat of arms, there is a ribbon bearing the name of the country in French: ''Republique du Niger''. While the constitution of Niger stipulates the color of the symbols upon the shield, there is no uniformity on the color of the shield. The 1999 Constitution reproduces the text of earlier constitutions, making a distinction between the Seal of State (''Le Sceau de l'État'') for which no shield colour is stipulated and the Coat of Arms of the Republic (''Les Armoiries de la République'') for which Sinople is stipulated as the shield colour. ''Sinople'' is analogous to '' Vert'' (Green) in heraldry, but official buildings and documents do not display green shields. Embassies and official documents use white, with gold emblems. The website of the

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uses gold or yellow with dark gold or black emblems. The

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meets below a large coat of arms with the shield coloured gold and the emblems in a darker gold.

Official description

Article 1 of the

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describes the coat of arms as follows:Constitution du Niger
/ref> ''The coat of arms of the Republic consists of a shield vert, a sun rayonned or, accosted to dexter with a spear in pale charged with two Touareg swords in saltire, and to sinister with three ears of millet, one in pale and two in saltire, accompanied in point with a head of zebu, all or. This shield rests on a trophy formed by four flags of the Republic of Niger. The inscription "République du Niger" is placed underneath''

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National symbols of Niger

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